According to the IEBlog, the current build of IE8 passes the Acid2 Test “in standards mode”. I’m not exactly sure what standards mode is supposed to be, but the fact that the browser can pass Acid2 suggests that Microsoft has put in some quality time to web standards adherence in the next version of their oh so popular web browser, Internet Explorer.

This will make it the last major browser to do so, as builds for Firefox 3, the second Beta being released today, reached that milestone in April. The two next most popular browsers, Safari and Opera, each passed over a year ago (over two years ago for Safari) in their public releases.